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Seven things you may not know about Lantern Festival

Updated: 2020-02-08 12:06:31

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A painting by Hu Boxiang featuring a chapter from Chinese classic literature The Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Yuanchun visiting her parents on the Lantern Festival. [Photo/artron.net]

A sea of lanterns

The biggest attraction of the Lantern Festival is the sea of lanterns in every conceivable size and shape. Chinese started to celebrate the Lantern Festival during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-221 AD), and then it became popular during the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties. This is a festival for people to have fun. At night, people go into the streets with a variety of lanterns under the full moon and watch the lion or dragon dance, try to solve Chinese riddles and play games, enjoy typical food called Yuan Xiao and set off firecrackers. There is really a lot of fun for the young and the old.

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